My symptoms are frequent urination,
side/abdominal pain, mood swings/shaky if
I wait too long to eat, feeling nauceous
and like I might pass out after meals,
dizziness, often feeling like I might pass
out, tingling from my shoulder down to my
fingertips, and tingling from my hip down
to my toes - also cold hands and feet
while this is happening. One doctor
seemed to think I might possibly have
glucose intolerance or pre-diabetes.
Another thought I might have hypoglyemia.
I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia in 2006
based on symtoms alone - but I'm seeing an
endocrinologist this month at UVA for
further help. Thanks in advance!
Glucose intolerance has no symptoms. It
is usually discovered when blood glucose
levels are normal or little above the
normal. Diagnostic criteria for glucose
intolerance are:
1. blood glucose level less than 7.0
mmol/L (<128 mg/dL) when hungry
(fasting), and
2. glucose level between 7.8 and 11.0
mmol/L (142-200 mg/dL) 2 hours after
glucose tolerance test (ingesting 75g
glucose).
Your glucose level when fasting (hungry)
was 95 and 2 hours after the test was 147
which means that the first test was
positive. In such cases another test
should be done but this time by ingesting
100g glucose and measuring the glucose
level 1, 2 and 3 hours after the glucose
ingestion.
Did you repeat the test with 100mg glucose
or you made only one test?
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kristin777
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 27
Posted: 04-29-08 17:51pm
No, that was the only test I've done -
except for the one I had done in 2005
which was a 3 hour test. However, I went
to UVA on Monday and they would like me to
fast from 8pm Thursday evening-12pm Friday
afternoon and would like to take my blood
again at 12pm. I'm not sure what this will
show. They also disagreed with the other
endocrinologist and stated that I may not
have prediabetes since my levels were only
slightly higher than normal. He said this
could be due to stress. Do you know if
this is true?? Thanks for your response!
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kristin777
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 27
Posted: 04-29-08 17:53pm
One other question - is it possible to
have diabetic neuropathy with pre
diabetes? Or does it have to be a more
advanced stage of diabetes? Thanks.
Another glucose tolerance test but this
time with 100 g glucose and measuring the
glucose level after 1st, 2nd and 3rd hour
will clear the situation. There are other
referent values for this test.
Stress can cause disturbances in the blood
glucose regulation. Stress is also
involved in the pathogenesis of the
diabetes type-2.
Unfortunately glucose intolerance can have
the same long-term consequences
(neuropathy, nefropathy, retinopathgy and
atherosclerosis) like the real diabetes.
